Make sure you post the video on here
Well She's given me duff info, It's not this Sunday, it's next Sunday. I mean ... if she can't even get the date right, how's she gonna learn to back it into a corner and then loft her front wheel over that fallen tree branch ....
Does she still have A swallow coat?Soooooo ....
(And before I start ... I blame Mellors for all this, 'Cos Rosy has got wind of the fact that he and Angie go out trail riding together ...)
So Rosy has suddenly decided she'd like to get, at the very least, a CBT and a little off road bike. She's a country girl and in her day was a very good (like semi pro) three day eventer. And to give her her due, when we got together I 'taught' her mountain biking and was amazed at her natural 'look where you want to go and throw yer heart at it' ability. 'It's just like riding a horse' she'd say as she went careering into a downhill bend with me behind holding my breath ... So fair one - she does seem to take to things like this pretty naturally ...
So to that extent, I'd be happier with her bimbling down a by-way on a 125 than I would her being on the road with a wet left hander and oncoming traffic. That really turns my blood cold.
But ... Shes only about 5'2'' and her legs are about 9'' long.
Sooooooo ....
What bikes are a good (low) beginners off roader ?? Any of you instructors (Mellors I'm looking at you here .. ) had any women in the same predicament ?
She may just settle with L-Plates, she may go on and do the full monty and get a full licence, not sure yet.
The end game is something like, two bikes, trailer, Salisbury plain in the summer, pic nic, flask .... and a days bimble on the simple fire roads ....
Fucking great .....
D) like, 'No ... it's a blokes thing and you aint coming ...', but the idea of the occasional put put put around some lanes and by-ways with a pic nic, a flask and the missus quite appeals. 
)
Definitely booked for next (not this) Sunday.
Actually, if I'm really honest, I'm pretty cool with the idea. Obviously there needs to be boundaries
(Tim, she's a clumsy bitch, she can't even get out of bed in the middle of the night with out ... BANG ... walking into the post at the foot of the bed .... Spacial awareness ?? Absolutely non existent....
Aww, come on now Giles, admit it, you're just scared she'll be quicker and/or better than you
Go girl!
Aww, come on now Giles, admit it, you're just scared she'll be quicker and/or better than you
Go girl!
Thereby speaks the voice of experience
Just think of the positives. If she gets a bike you can practice your rim scratching/tyre changing on her wheels before trying it out on your own.
Thereby speaks the voice of experience
I can almost hear that - and the tone of voice it was said in ...
no she has planned it guys slow in ,right gear, quick out. Quick , safe and a joy to ride with.
Well i'm sure he was supportive.
Or at least he certainly wouldn't stand in her way ...
and now have been left hanging There is already a orange girls bike sitting in the shed waiting to be used
With any luck, Giles managed to put her off.
